Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam addresses the launching ceremony of the National Action Month against HIV/AIDS 2019 in Bac Giang province on December 1, 2019. Photo: VGP |
Since 1990, more than 351,000 people have been found living with HIV and more than 100,000 people have died of HIV.
2019 is the 11th consecutive year that the number of new HIV cases and deaths fell, said Dam, adding that at present, 140,000 HIV people can access to ARV therapy.
At the launching ceremony of the National Action Month against HIV/AIDS 2019. Photo: VGP |
Dam called for more efforts to prevent direct and indirect causes to HIV infections, especially drug, prostitution, and unsafe sex.
He also tasked inferior levesl to increase the ARV treatment rate to 90% by 2020./.
By Quang Minh